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The Cacao Mill by Subko is a bona fide chocolate heaven, but it’s also so much more 

By Sadaf Shaikh

The Cacao Mill by Subko has had many lives. Sequestered in the unobtrusive 2nd Pasta Lane in Colaba —which I’d incidentally never stepped into despite living a stone’s throw away—it used to be a textile mill, which was then converted into a CrossFit box before getting a third lease of life as an art gallery. In its latest—and perhaps most fitting—avatar, it has the distinction of being Mumbai’s first chocolate factory, brought to you by Rahul Reddy, the mind behind the beloved Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters with outposts in Bandra and Byculla.

The facade of The Cacao Mill by Subko. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

The hero ingredient is emblazoned on the wall in different languages. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

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A minimalist dream. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

In the double-storeyed 2,000 square feet space that is The Cacao Mill by Subko, the cacao pod is the undisputed champion—in philosophy, spirit and visuals. Apart from the name itself, right off the bat, you are greeted by the illustration of a pod emblazoned on the facade of the building inside which the chocolate factory sits. Upon entering, if you can manage to focus amidst the intoxicating smell wafting out from the chocolate crafting unit and the craft bakes section upstairs, you’ll notice that the cacao pod is a recurring motif in the design language of the mill, appearing as a plaque when you enter the factory, written in text in various languages on the wall opposite, displayed in a case to honour its geography, delineated on a board to expand on Subko’s pod-to-bar journey, reimagined as merchandise (bag pins!) by Aniruddh Mehta of Studio Big Fat, and featuring in the many portraits hung up on the wall. 

The Cellar. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

Packaging designed by Aniruddh Mehta

Small cubes. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

When my olfactory urges get the better of me, I find a major gravitational pull from the direction of The Cellar, where the entire range of Subko’s craft chocolate experiments is on display. It feels like I’ve suddenly been transported to the Tundra (the area is temperature controlled in order to preserve the chocolates), but my insides turn warm and gooey when I remember that I have a tasting session ahead of me. Suffice it to say, this is a space that a modern-day, minimalist Willy Wonka could happily abide by. Chocolate slabs—both wrapped in bespoke packaging and unwrapped—are neatly displayed in rows, segregated as per the categories conceived by Reddy and Manali Khandelwal, director of chocolate at Subko (and a real-life Willy Wonka in my opinion). There’s Terroir, which translates to “soil” or “land” in French, named for the various South Indian regions (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka) from which the cacao was sourced. Then there’s the Dark, Milk and White collection, meant to cater to those who value high-quality, but fuss-free flavours. Next, we have the Experimental collection, which sits diametrically opposite to the previous collection in philosophy: here, the bakehouse’s bestsellers like the Cold Brew Chocolate Hazelnut Tart and the Kashmiri Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie alongside quintessentially Indian desserts like kulfi are reimagined and re-engineered as chocolate bars.

The Filled Collection

Small nibbles at The Cacao Mill by Subko

The Big Cube collection

The machines diligently at work. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

The Filled bars are perhaps the most thrilling creations by Reddy and are designed to induce nostalgia: classic chocolates like Twix, Snickers, Bounty and Reese’s are improved upon (in Subko’s version of the Snickers, for example, the nougat part is equally offset by its crunchy caramel layer) and rechristened Xiwt, Srekcins, Ytnuob and S’eseer—spelt backwards to skirt around copyright issues. Then come the Big Cubes and Small Cubes (my personal favourites and therefore highly recommended), which beautifully combine chocolate with cherry jam, pistachio butter filling, sea buckthorn, Subko’s own SIF kaapi and other gourmet ingredients. Smartly, these have been dissected for display and showcase the jams and compotes oozing out of the chocolate shells so that you feel compelled to reach out with a finger for a little lick (and since that isn’t permitted, purchase six months’ worth of your sweet stash instead). All along, the machines gently clatter in the chocolate crafting unit in the next room, churning and readying the next batch of chocolates; a gentle reminder of Subko’s commitment to transparency rather than a cacophonous din. 

Pain au chocolat with 39% white chocolate

Sourdough toast, melted Brie cheese and Minis

Chocolate orange fudgy cake

Sea buckthorn meringue pie

Upstairs, diners have already occupied most of the tables although it has only been a week since The Cacao Mill by Subko officially opened its doors. As I scan the menu, slightly overwhelmed by the vast array of choices in front of me, Khandelwal encourages me to sample the Pod to Bar Experience which shines a light on the journey that cacao makes from pod to fruit pulp to unroasted bean to husk to nibs to butter to powder and finally bar by actually allowing customers to taste the plant in each of these stages. When you order the Pod to Bar Experience, one of the baristas or members of staff will actually offer to sit by your side and take you through the whole process at length. I don’t remember much from the sweet stupor I later went into—a solid testament to how good everything on the menu is—but I specifically recall raving about the fudge-stuffed croissant, the pain au chocolat with 39% white chocolate, the sourdough toast topped with melted Brie cheese and 45% milk Minis, and the Subko hot chocolate 70% dark with a toasted marshmallow. 

The baked goods section at The Cacao Mill by Subko. Photographed by Anurag Banerjee

A small cacao plant has been installed in the centre of the space on the ground floor

As I descend the stairs to go home—convinced that there’s more chocolate in my bloodstream than blood—I notice that a small cacao sapling has been planted in the centre of the ground floor. Reddy smiles as I bend down to peer at the sprouting leaves and informs me that, as an homage to their hero ingredient, the plant was specially transported from Varanashi Farms, the Mangalore -based farm from which they source cacao for one of their Terroir bars. He hopes it will grow strong roots and thrive. In an environment that conceives of such heavenly treats and is so true to what it stands for, I’m certain it will.

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Students from EDII enjoyed this visit alot. Ms. Bhoomika joshi explained everything in details. Her efforts are worth appreciating.

SUJAY GUPTA

It's was and great experience From the welcome session till end it's was well organised and well explained Special thanks to Miss Bhumika Joshi (instructor/guide) who gave details explanation about every product as well as all machineries. Will ...

Dr Rakesh Bamania

Kirthika was our guide for this tour. She was excellent!! She called us up before hand to confirm timings and was flexible to change it to a later slot. She personally met us at the entrance and went through the entire plant tour with great detail an...

Nagaraju Tata

Very nice experience thank you Amul

Heena Dutta

It was really informative and useful

Experience a fentabulous visit with very informative guide and also get basic and newer information about our day to day products ...

Zeel Education Jignesh Patel

Excellent communication, good hospitality, nice walk through plant. Fully enjoyed & satisfied with visit

SANJAY SABNIS

Very enriching experience! Very useful to our commerce students. Well attended by ma'am and other staff.

RAJESH PAREIRA

It was really great to visit Amul dairy.. Children saw all products and their production. Great cooperative staff.

Swikruti Thakkar

Wonderful experience by students and teachers. Thank you very....We have finalized that now my school will visit Amul dairy every year with new students batch. Principal - Mrs. Swikruti Thakkar

It was very informative for us ... Thanks for good response @krutika mam

VISLOT SEJAL

Amazing experience. Our students learned a lot. What a great experience.

ASIAN GLOBAL SCHOOL

Nice experience

Jignesh Raval

So beautiful visit. Well explained to students and plant visit also. Thank you so much.

Shobha H Panchal

The experience was great

Very guidence by appointmented staff and overall experience is very nice

sandip sanchala

Very nice visit

Sharadkumar B Patel

Rohankumar patel.

It's worth coming

Riddhi Patel

It was indeed a wonderful experience for all of us. As we have been using AMUL products since our birth so it was a dream to visit a AMUL factory. We sincerely thanks the management of AFD plant who allowed us and the people like us to have such an ...

Ashish Srivastava

A good experience. explanation. Is very Detailing Helpful & supporting staff members

Hemang patel

Very good experience

We are from Sharda institute of Nursing pethapur visited your plant on 25/03/2023. It's was really good experience, very well managed place. Maintenance of hygiene is excellent. Thank you for allowing us.

solanki Trupti

It's amazing experience.. Amazing Guied

Ashish Makhijani

Plant visit registration process as well coordination by whole staff was extremely nice. The visit was hosted and duly narrated by Ms Bijal, HR Department, forming it one of the most informative and memorable moments of my life.

Amit Srivastava

It was an awesome experience to visit Amulfed Dairy Bhat Plant. Visit guide Bhatt Madam was very supportive and sharing very useful information. The entire tour was very informative and we came across many new unknown facts about the co-operative str...

Manish Dolatram Vatwani

Students are very satisfied and have collected wise information about Amul.

Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Business Administration

It was awesome visit.

Veena Kumari

Enjoyed the way the taste of India get onto the way to us as consumer.

Deepak Parashar

Wonderful experience and was a fun activity for my little kid

Glen Misquith

We enjoyed this visit a lot. Mam explained each and every details of plant very interestingly.A big thanks to mam and Amul to give us this opportunity. We wish to visit this plant again in future.

Payal Sheth

The visit was experiential. We were given the glimpse of processing and packaging plants. The corporate video screening was insightful into how AMUL has revolutionized the livelihood of several milk producers as well as its csr, green, and sustainabl...

Dr Sumita Shroff

Dear Sir, We sincerely thank you for facilitating as in organizing an industry visit for our international participants. Our participants are highly thankful to you for your thoughtful interaction & Approach. I am sure this visit would enhan...

Girish Aswani

Very nice..thanks mam

Rajen Macwan

Very nice and lovely amazing

Well managed and well explained by kritika ma'am. Students njoyed lots.

Jaimini Patel

Our educational visit is very helpful.students got knowledge as per our objectives.excellent experience Thank you Rajeshree R Chauhan

Rajeshree R chauhan

Wonderfully explained about the working and mechanism of plant our students were so happy to get knowlege about amul

Laxmi Mandowara

Such a wonderful work I really impressed by your dedicated work place and nature of work.

JIGNESHKUMAR PURABIYA

Bhavini govindbhai kadva.

Ms. Bijal explained it in detail. Thanks.

Vivek Ganatra

Canteen section need to be improve... Any recruitment in Maintenance dept ( mechanical) kindly suggest me..

Kshetra Mohan Bhoi

Car parking should be shaded. The visitor area should be with either AC or fans. Nevertheless you charge for the visit but do provide the facility.

Riddhi Deliwala

Very nice treatment and people management, the order of explanation should start from mixing, process and final packing

I really appreciate the staff members at Amul who guided us very well during our visit and explained elaborately about the manufacturing process. A must visit for all and especially for children. An amazing experience!!!

Sunu Nayanar

Very good, and staff is cooperative.

Hitendra R Pandya

Very good, my small daughter enjoyed lot, we are proud of our amul indian brand.

Pushkarraj Madhavdas Gokalgandhi

Very clean plant and explained nicely

Raveena kumar

Very clean plant and had a gr8 experience

It is very excellent information provided by your good officer during our visit

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

Excellent support from staff on plant familiarization.

It is a amazing factory. we have enjoy in your factory.Many more products they how can make in hygienic way ..... And we learn many more things they we can't know.... thank you for the allowing for visit.

This was a thrilling,and exciting experience seeing chocolates made in front of was too satisfying the aroma of chocolate was too delicious …it would be better if we had chocolates to taste and to see the process from near and buying products from ...

Rupesh Makwana

It was a amazing experience though it would be amazing seeing the process a little closely…if we had products to taste that would be good

Maheshprasad s vaidya

It was a good experience to visit amulfed dairy and we are greatful to the amulfed dairy for best memory in our life.

Ronak Rahevar

Very good experience of visit plant. If possible increase visit area for better experience.

Very good information given. Plant is excellent and our best wishes to Amul…

Mukeshkumar Amrutbhai Patel

The guided tour was very good and informative. The guide was very polite and knowledgeable. The parking was very far away from the reception area and walking all the way in such hot weather was very tough.

Ashish Luhana

Experience was great. Amul packed his all product with hygiene. That is good in this condition. One thing i would suggest that hire more staff for industy visit so that Student get more knowledge about all product manufacturing.

Best information, best state of art plant, best facilities and excellent cleanliness.

A chocolate plant of International standards, well maintained , high hygenic standards and world class Quality. Proud of its Indigenous Food Products.

Prakash Narayan Chattikal

Awesome tour - very well guided and introduced to all process

Girish Vaishampayan

Amazing experience - very informative tour

PRO was very humble and explained everything in detail... Thanks..

Hitesh Gohil

Very nice and extra ordinary opportunity was for our students. We are thankful to Amulfed plant for providing this opportunity.

Ms Sejal Darbar

It was really very great and new learning opportunity for our students. We are really thankful to Madams, both of them explained deeply everything to us. Thank you so much

Hetal patel

Great visit , did not try the fine dining

Sarvadaman Mashalkar

Need a shade and proper parking a big company like Amul can spend a little for visitors parking and the walk area should have atleast some decorative roof top specialy for seasons like rainy, summer

Naimish R Acharya

Very Good & Excellent Thanks a lot

Jagdish Agrawal

This was nice experience to Amul dairy.Students got excilent knowledge about production, cleanliness, hygiene, maintain the good communication skill with other staff/ workers & waste management in dairy products also physical facilities of the worke...

RUJVELT CHRISTIAN

it was an enriching experience, how important is to be visionary is being learnt today by us n our kids. Ms Bijal guided us to the entire plant v nicely Thank you so much for this exposure to common public We are gratified

Thanks for give to friendly and family support... Amazing... Un remembering day today Thanks

Outstanding visit

Sanjaykumar k parmar

Foodland options were good but service was slow..

Vijay Modani

It was just ok......

HEMANT BABHULKAR

Wonderful learning experience. Ms. Bijal Bhatt was very friendly and explained everything in very lucid manner.

Bhaumik Nayak

Great experience.. the staff was very helpful and explained very well

Devesh Poojari

Worth watching.

Visit time is less , not able to understand whole process. I suggest to have proper educational visit of whole plant start from Raw to finish product.

Amazing facility & highine. Wonderful opportunity by amul to experience behind the era of milk & milk products championship rarely found.

Shah Sagar Vijaybhai

It was a good experience to spend the. time here.And was also provided with good service.

Nice informational visit

Ashish shinde

If few chocolates are shared during visit then it will make the visit feel more better. Chocolate shop outside amul plant is selling stuff at market price. Factory outlet should have discounts. Open chocolate bars passing through conveyor after ...

ANKIT CHAUHAN

The plant visit was really great! All the staff greeted us very politely and the Tour Guide, Mrs Heena Shah Madam gave an amazing tour across the Factory and provided us all information of Amul from Past till Present! The best was that even though we...

Varun Phatak

We have Excellent experience and i must stay very cooperative staff.

Gaurang Barot

Excellent Visit experience

Asutosh N Shukla

Excellent experience. it's a proud

1.There should be discount on MRP for visitors or some complementary ice cream) chocolate. 2. Visit to other plants should so be allowed.

Chintan Parekh

Excellent and warm staff who was very enthusiastic in conducting the tour of the chocolate factory which made the visit memorable

Smita m kadam

Good Experience

Ravi Bachubhai Patel

It was new, nice. Knowing and watching different machineries was really interesting. Would have been better if there would be a little long and detailed explanation of plant stepwise.

Bharvi Limbachiya

Drinking water is not available

The Amul Chocolate plant tour was really nice and well explained by the oldest employee/guide. The kids really enjoyed and took back fond memories of the visit. The public toilets near the cafeteria outside was in pathetic situation with a lot of st...

Pratik Gosalia

When compared to the chocolate plant visit, the Dairy tour was perfect. The person in the main reception area was really patient enough to reply our queries and gave a very nice detailed info about the history of Amul through pictures in the hallway....

Sanjay Boga

We visited the chocolate plant on 29th December afternoon. Coming from Pune, We were impressed to see Amul plant for the first time. Although would like to give some suggestions. The tour guide was quite fast in talking and by the time people could u...

Super good! Ms. Bijal was an amazing host! She was courteous, knowledgeable and explained in depth of the making off all milk products!! We are visiting from USA and had a really memorable experience. Especially recommend for kids!!

We are so happy. And filling proud on such a grat plant in India. Best system of booking, guide and co operative staff.. So enjoy visit.. Love you AMUL.

JIGNESHKUMAR PATEL

Amazing experience at Amul. Factory is clean and very well maintained. Live tasting of chocolates may be added to the tour to make the experience memorable.

The tour could be a bit long and detailed. Overall a great experience.

MILAN SHARMA

I enjoyed visiting chocolate plant, but more excited to explore other plants too.

Gajendra Rajpurohit

It was a good experience. To visit amul. Plant n process. Co operating team very informative about choklates making. Nice to visit

Harshang vyas

Great experience. Love to be associated if any business opportunity.

Nice tour to get lots of information to understand the complex process involved for the highly used daily product - Milk and its sister products. Must to visit once.

Manoj Kumar Mahatha

The food court outside (mini food land) is dirty and the staff (Hameed) is very rude. He needs to be straightened - doesn't have a service oriented mindset and is always on mobile, without attending to customers. Very bad experience, our kids went hu...

Kiran Kashikar

The tour is very intresting but could be more elaborate with details and maybe a audio visual terminal to explain the processing and packing details

It was wonderful experience indeed.

Jay Thakkar

Very well organized plant. Excellent experience on live chocolate manufacturing.

Dipeshkumar Chauhan

Gajay singh yadav.

I was expecting explanation of chocolate making with plant showing it. But this was little less. But we enjoyed.

Dr Vikram S Bharadwaj

very informative

ronak thakkar

There was very cleanliness neatness, the staff was also supportive and a very overwhelming atmosphere

Shubham tamboli

Very good experience in amul industry

Isha Sharma

Enjoyed lots nice experience

TUSHAR SONGIRE

About 8-9 years back we had done the Dairy Tour. Compared to that tour experience, the chocolate factory tout felt bit rushed and was light in content too.. In a group of 15-20, please ensure that everyone is able to hear and see the process. Ot...

Jeinay Dedhia

Very good experience to understand that Amul is not only a FMCG brand but a nation builder. Glad i was there - it would be better if kids are told to summarize or if they are given a small handout with the information - since we are not allowed to ta...

swaminathan srinivasan

Mind blowing

Harshal Shah

Thank you very much for this visit .It was a great experience.

Atuwar Khan

Viral parmar.

Good experience, should give more detials and also should be deifne some small videos presentation of overall process

NARESH MEHTA

Good informative tour. Very cooperative staff. We really love n like Amul products and feel attached with Amul brand but unfortunately we are unable to get all Amul products in super markets. We firmly believe that Amul chocolate are far better the...

Brijesh Vyas

Exceptionally fantastic

Kalp Upadhyay

I was a great experience to visit amul chocolate plant .Mr. Maza Vohra PRO and Mr. Bhatt Who guide us very well.

Chaitali Gajjar

Wonderful experience to see dairy plant which made history and chocolate factory in action. Nice information and tour provided by hosts. Ensure you combine Vadodara Dairy and Mogar Chocolate factory in one day 2pm to 4pm slot since both take 40 m...

Salil Pednekar

Overwhelming experience. I love it.

Surendra Bagde

Our visit to AMUL was overwhelming. The entire process of making chocolate was automatic and production enhancing . None can compete AMUL. The name itself is enough to attract the customers all over the world. Staff working in AMUL is very polite & c...

Geeta Mishra

Need proper car parking.

Tour was very well planned. From explaining history with reference to 10+ historical pictures to walking through the butter factory. I wish visitors with pass could get discounted Amul products instead of MRP inside the unit.

Yogesh Powar

It was a pleasure visiting the plant. Very first time we saw the various processes of preparation of milk products. The lady guide was very nice, she explained everything in detail. Overall we had an excellent experience there. Keep it up. Best Wish...

Tarun Kumar

It was a fantastic experience for us. it was very neat and clean, very well explained by the guide over there. Overall it was an excellent plant. Best Wishes

Visit was well organised. If you could spend a bit more time / infographics on the actual process of making butter/ milk/ icecream, would be fun! The visit is also highlighting how serious is the quality commitment at Amul.

Rohit Shintre

Good place to visit

Rahul Bakhru

Parth patel.

Guide explained really well

Shah Ishank

Amazing visit to the place

Parul Hirpara

Guide has taken us through every minute details. It was a wonderful experience

Chirag Jain

Guide has taken us through every minute details. It was great experience

Plant is too good. Technology used very well. Staff is very well & supportive . My family has been enjoy the plant visit. Thanks to Amul & team. I wish you can grow as your milk flow.

Please provide a mic to the guide. Automatic packing line working demonstration would be more informative. Good explanation by the guide.

Raghurama Reddy

Friendly guide. Would love it more if bakery would also be available to visit.

Divita Bhatt

We enjoy this visit. The stuff was very kind .This plant is very neat and clean.

Suzan Vahora

Amul plant at Anand is good plant in production of milk product, PRO staff expainl us start from Founder of co. To production process. And All quary in our my related to Amul product explain by staff.

Ketan g Rathod

It’s a good motivational activity for next Gen and make them nderatnd commercial production activity at mass scale.

AASHISH AGRAWAL

A good visit for my daughter.

Sandip Ananda Khuntia

Process was Explained in very short details, Unlike other Food factory Visit we didn't get much information about process n production. Feel was not there.

Amazing place

Sanjeev gupta

Amazing and fabulous. Guidance was amazing.

The taste of India

Harshadkumar ukani

Clean and neet place Make in india India's on brand The taste of india

Really a great experience. Guides explained very well. Thousands of people are getting employment. Very nice

We are proud to be that we are amulian.

excellent trip

Shailender Kumar

Prompt softech.

Such a great visit experience in this plant. Nice co-ordination with guide person who explains us to each and everything in the whole plant.

awsome experience in your dairy.

Harshil Patanvadiya

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Visitor's instructions.

• Please carry your ID- Proof or ID- Proof of any one person if you are visiting in a group during your visit.
• The Visit approval given on the basis that Teachers / Professors must take care of their Childrens/Students during the visit and they are solely responsible for any mishap due to negligance of them.  
• We don't have any locker facility for storing luggage and valuables. So, please do not carry any heavy luggage during your visit.
• Visitors will be taken for plant visit in groups.
• Visitors will be able to see processing and production through transparent glass windows.
• There could be any emergency shutdown or breakdown of production line.
• During the visit always stay together with the group and follow the instructions of the plant tour guide.
• For your safety, always remain and walk on the designated walkway.
• Taking pictures and videos of process and production area is strictly prohibited. You can take pictures only at designated areas.
• Pets like Dogs, Cats etc are NOT allowed in the plant as it is a manufacturing organization.
• Please pay attention to heavy vehicles moving in the area.
• Violating any of the above rules will result in the interruption of the plant tour for the person concerned.
• Have a memorable visit.

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Chocolate Wonderland

The divine cacao fruit is known as Theobroma - an ancient Greek term translating to 'Food of the Gods', a moniker it has earned for the elixir it bestows upon humanity - chocolate.

This experience takes you on an immersive chocolate factory tour, where you get to see the bean-to-bar journey, followed by.a tasting that engages all your senses into understanding different chocolates, ingredients that contribute to their aromas and flavours and discern pure chocolates from chocolate-flavoured desserts.

The experience includes a tour of the bean-to-bar chocolate factory, an  immersive chocolate tasting and making of your own chocolate bar to take home.

• An immersive chocolate factory tour to understanding of the history, making process and composition of bean-to-bar chocolates.
• A guided tasting of 5-6 varieties of chocolates to understand different tastes and nuances.
• A demonstration of chocolate tempering and a chance to make your own bar of chocolate.
• The ability to discern good chocolates. 
• One ticket is valid for one participant.
• Ticket price includes the cost of all the ingredients and materials required for the tasting.
• Registrations close on the day of the experience - an hour prior to the start time, subject to availability of seats.
• Cancellations, refunds and transfers, if any, will be as per our Refund Policy .

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Prajnay Garg is the Founder & CEO, and Richa Chaudary is the Founder & Product Expert at Darkins Chocolates.

Richa has always been a passionate chef/baker and was always very intrigued by chocolate making. She took Prajnay on a tour down south to the beautiful Cacao farms in Andhra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu and that is where their chocolate journey began.

Darkins started off with only 4 dark chocolate variants from a small garage and a team of 3 people. They have come a long way to become a well known Indian Craft Chocolate brand across India. This experience is a vision that both the founders have had for a long time.

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LINDT HOME OF CHOCOLATE

Schokoladenplatz 1 8802 Kilchberg Switzerland

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Welcome to Switzerland’s largest chocolate museum

Experience the interactive world of chocolate for young and old. Visit our Lindt Home of Chocolate, where the biggest Lindt Chocolate Shop (500 m 2 ) and the spectacular Lindt chocolate fountain are waiting for you, as well as an interactive chocolate tour all about the Swiss cultural heritage of chocolate. Dive into the world of chocolate and experience something really special. Whether you come alone, with your family and friends, or with colleagues, we look forward to your visit.

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Chocolate has been produced at the Kilchberg factory since 1899. And now an interactive chocolate world was built next to these historic buildings . In this video, you can get a sweet little taster and see how our spectacular chocolate fountain was created, as if by magic...

An interactive journey of discovery

In our museum, you can journey back to the origins of chocolate and experience how cocoa conquered Europe. Meet the Swiss chocolate pioneers who made our lives sweeter with their inventions. Follow the chocolate manufacturing process in our modern test facilities. And find out just how irresistible Swiss chocolate is for yourselves.

Make chocolate yourself

Create the finest chocolate together with a real LINDT Master Chocolatier and learn all about our favorite treat. Be inspired by our wide range of courses for groups and individuals.

The biggest chocolate shop in the world

In our Lindt Chocolate Shop, spread over more than 500 m 2 , you will find the best chocolates, pralines and a whole range of other delicious treats. Design your own personal praline packaging and have a LINDT Master Chocolatier create a chocolate bar exactly to your wishes.

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Our chocolate fountain is over nine meters tall, with 1,500 kg of chocolate flowing through it. Experience this highlight with your own eyes.

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It’s not only your sweetest dreams that come true at the Lindt Home of Chocolate. We also offer some delicious savory meals and snacks in the café, and really put the emphasis on quality. We look forward to spoiling you.

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The Lindt Home of Chocolate is a state-of-the-art experience for chocolate lovers. The building, designed by celebrated architects Christ & Gantenbein, houses an interactive chocolate world that will delight young and old alike. With a more than nine meter high chocolate fountain, a multimedia museum, a café, chocolate courses and the biggest Lindt chocolate shop in the world, the Lindt Home of Chocolate is an exciting chocolate experience for the whole family.

Whether you’re visiting alone, with friends and family or as part of a school trip or company event, here you can experience chocolate with all of your senses in a new and entertaining way. And your sense of taste will certainly be enjoying the lion’s share of that! At the Lindt Home of Chocolate you can sample delicacies, create your own chocolate or have your chocolates individually designed by our very own Lindt Master Chocolatiers.

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What does it take to build a chocolate factory in the heart of Mumbai?

Subko founder, rahul reddy spills the beans on the brand’s latest offering—the cacao mill..

For starters, calling Subko’s Cacao Mill a chocolate factory in the headline might be a misnomer, for according to Rahul Reddy, founder of Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters, the vision is to champion cacao, rather than chocolate itself. “If Subko was to try and do something around chocolate, it had to be more around cacao. So, there is a distinction in nomenclature we’ve tried to make—that’s why we’ve called it Subko Cacao and have a space called the Cacao Mill, and not a chocolate mill or a chocolate factory,” he explains.

Walking through the tiny bylanes of Mumbai’s Colaba Causeway neighbourhood, you’ll spot the blink-and-you’ll-miss Subko signage. Once you step inside, you won’t find any singing oompa loompas , edible meadows, or a chocolate river flowing down the middle, a la Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . Instead, you will be greeted with a front-row view of cacao beans being transformed into bars, a cafe spotlighting chocolate in its myriad forms, and a tiny cacao sapling thriving in the heart of the space. 

Bazaar India sat down with Reddy to get the scoop on what goes into creating a chocolate factory. Harper's Bazaar: Where did the idea of Subko Cacao Mill come from?  Rahul Reddy: About a year ago, we wondered what could be a natural extension for Subko. Before we tried expanding, we wanted to explore a missing piece, and it ended up being, what I consider, the cousin of coffee—cacao. It started with the notion that coffee has an interesting cousin that grows in the same agricultural landscapes and terrains in four states of South India.

HB: The mill is housed in an old textile factory, and the space seems to form a big part of its identity—how did you discover it, and how was the process of converting it into the cacao mill that it is today?   RR: From what I know, this place had a few lives—first an old textile mill, then an art gallery, and a gym. I didn’t look for this space; it came up through somebody. When I was brought here, it was nothing like how you see it today. I realised its tall ceiling and big wooden rafters caught your attention, and there had to be an element of pushing spatial limitations in the centre of Mumbai. People don’t expect to walk into a space like this when they see it from the outside; this ties into our concept of defying your expectations of Indian cacao. 

Secondly, new experiences like the Cacao Mill had to have a layer of discoverability that I deeply believe in. We needed the space to be off the beaten path, a space you would put a little effort into finding, if you cared about craftsmanship. Though our in-house creative studio team was involved in the process, we collaborated with Stand designs for the architecture; we’ve worked with them on our last two projects (Subko Coffee Roastery and Craft Bakehouse).  HB: The cacao plant seems to be the star of the mill—with a cacao tree present at its heart, and the branding as well—tell us more about the decision to do so.   RR: I was sure the experience needed to be around the raw material that chocolate is made of. I wanted these visual markers—the cacao pod and the bean—in this space and on our packaging. That explains the cacao plant growing inside the mill and the motifs on our packaging and around the mill. You cannot make nibs without the roasted bean, and you can’t get chocolate without nibs. So, for me, the bean and the pod are essential. We have a responsibility to spread the gospel of cacao first; the chocolate becomes incidental. It’s critical to have these stories told through visual motifs and not talk about chocolate only in terms of deliciousness, which is obviously the end goal. HB: Instead of bean-to-bar, why have you positioned Subko Cacao as a pod-to-bar experience? RR:  This space had to represent the idea that we intervene at the farm level and communicate with multiple farmers across India. We don’t want to solely purchase beans—we are actually visiting farms, looking over the process of fermentation, drying practices, transferring knowledge, and experimenting with the processing. 

HB: What are some of the local cacao farms that you are hoping to highlight with your offerings?   RR: We wanted to create delicious chocolate and share farm-level stories around it the way we have done with our coffee. Our dark chocolate terroir series requires a minimum of 70 per cent cacao content to qualify, and we have created a multi-location programme with farms across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh for it. In each of these states, we have at least one plantation with whom we work on micro-lots of cacao that get transformed into chocolate for the series.   HB: How was the process of creating the unique chocolate range for Subko Cacao like? RR: We made our first batch of carbonically-macerated cacao. Carbonic maceration is a wine-making process where you put grapes in a large stainless steel vat, remove all the oxygen, and rotate carbon through the vat for the grapes to ferment in a carbon-rich environment. This method has become quite popular among coffee producers in recent years to create specialty coffee. We believe we are pioneering this technology in chocolate. It creates a plum-y, wine-y flavour. We’re also doing a cool series of projects with Prateek Sadhu and cacao is the first. Sadhu and I are working on sourcing local mountain ingredients and applying that to Subko initiatives. For the first iteration, we made a beautiful jam with sea buckthorn, a Himalayan sweet and sour berry. It went into two different chocolate cubes—one is our take on lemon meringue pie with sea buckthorn, and another almond butter sea buckthorn flavour. 

Our experimental range acts like a connective tissue between other Subko verticals. For one of the offerings, we have deconstructed a Subko Cold Brew Chocolate Tart into a bar with inclusions—made with a coffee-laced version of Nutella and the signature tart base. Another cool thing we’ve done is a podi milk chocolate, inspired by the chili chocolate combo from Mexico. We also have a version with chocolate as the base, which is then studded with podi and chocolate-coated almonds.  HB: Did the existing Subko Coffee Roastery and Craft Bakehouse have an influence on the Cacao Mill—how did you ensure a synergy between all three?  RR: 100 per cent! We built Subko Cacao Mill so that it could reflect an evolution of the Roastery and the Bakehouse. We applied the same principles in packaging, transparency of the process, and ultimately, the products. For instance, our Bakehouse uses a lot of chocolate and our Roastery uses chocolate in mocha, so everything is integrated. 

All images: Courtesy Subko Cacao

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Explore the Ooty Chocolate Factory

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Explore the Ooty Chocolate Factory and witness the process of creating delicious chocolates like never before. Located in the hill station of Ooty, this renowned factory is sure to enthrall your senses. Whether you’re a chocolate enthusiast or a curious explorer of different cultures, the Ooty Chocolate Factory has something special to offer you.The chocolate factory provides you with an exciting opportunity to take a guided tour and learn about the entire process of chocolate production. This begins with cocoa beans that have been sourced from diverse parts of the country. During your tour, you will also get a better understanding of techniques that goes into making premier chocolates. These, accompanied by the beautiful aromas and tastes that are found in various chocolates make the entire tour a truly unique, one-of-a-kind experience.Apart from taking a guided tour, visitors also have the option to explore the displayedeseily crafted chocolates at the store. These exciting treats are made using techniqueshanded down over generations making them more exquisite. Indulge in the different flavors, shapes and textures that the Ooty Chocolates offer. If you’re looking for a gift, you can purchase these chocolates and surprise your loved ones with something unique.Come to the Ooty Chocolate Factory and experience the art of creating delectable chocolates like never before! From tasting the various flavors to learning about the traditional methods, you are sure to take home a one-of-a-kind experience. So book your tickets today and savor the delight of Ooty Chocolates.

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Ooty Now Has India’s First Chocolate Museum

The manicured gardens, majestic mountains, picturesque scenery might be some of the reasons you would want to visit Ooty. But did you know that Ooty has India’s first Chocolate Museum? Yup! Chocoholics, this is the ultimate paradise, and museums couldn’t have been more delicious. The M&N Chocolate Museum is nestled in a corner of Tamil Nadu’s Ooty. It’s run by a local family who aim to create awareness about the benefits of chocolates, its production processes and pay tribute to nature’s sweetest blessing.

What’s In It?

This chocolate museum takes you on a journey right from the extraction of cocoa beans to the manufacturing of the chocolate bar. It exhibits both ancient as well as modern techniques of preparation of chocolate. You can understand the history of chocolate dating back to 1500 BC when Mayans prepared Cocoa drinks from Cocoa beans. The charts and posters adorning the walls will further enlighten you about the process of preparing chocolates.

The M&N Chocolate Museum has over 100 chocolates on display, making sure that every guest who enters this museum, will leave craving for a chocolate bar at the end of the museum tour. The museum has also entered the LIMCA Book of Records for creating India’s longest chocolate bar, which is 18 metres in length. The best part is that the museum also has a life-size mannequin which is dressed in clothes made out of chocolate. Apart from this, the museum contains structures and models prepared out of different kinds of chocolates.

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What’s More?

Unleash your inner Willy Wonka at this chocolate paradise by trying to handcraft your own chocolates here, thanks to the do-it-yourself chocolate making kit. You can make your own chocolate and eat it too! Do take some delicious gifts back home as there are Premium, Vintage and Classic collections of chocolates which make for the best souvenir ever.

After all Ooty Chocolates have a unique taste that will tingle your palate with its homely, earthy and decadent flavours. You might have visited alot of museums but this is one of a kind, so the next time you plan on visiting Ooty, you know its time to take yourself on a chocolatey ride! If you love chocolate then Indulge In Mumbai’s Iconic Subhash’s Chocolate Sandwich At Matunga

Address: M & N Chocolate Museum, Ooty-Mysore Road, near HPF, Ooty, Tamil Nadu 643005 Timings: 9 am to 7 pm Cost: ₹20 per person Contact: 0423 244 3666

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Established in Oct 2020, the Colocal Chocolate factory is India’s first live chocolate factory and it’s located in the heart of Delhi (Dhan Mill compound). Colocal Chocolate Factory is a representation of the Indian cacao farmers and Indian craft chocolate. We are focused on bringing out really good chocolate, using only two ingredients : Indian Cacao Beans and Cane Sugar. Our Indian origin beans are responsibly grown, ethically sourced, well fermented and carefully roasted to enhance the flavour profile at our factory.

This oasis-like space, also has a 65 seater cafe which is simple, elegant is a representation of the outside tropical environment that surrounds our cacao harvest merged with contemporary sunny dispositions perfect for all occasions with friends and family, popularly known for desserts & hot chocolate made with Indian chocolate and all day dine menu!

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Sheetal is a self-taught chocolate maker and has honed her craft by dedication and practice. Her quest to learn the chocolate craft took her on a journey starting at a cacao plantation in Vietnam to then an education of this labour of love from chocolatier experts all around Paris, Belgium & abroad. She set up Colocal along with her husband Nishant in 2020 in an abandoned rice mill factory in Chattarpur which is now come to be known as Delhi’s first live chocolate factory + cafe space. Colocal Chocolates prides itself in making small batches of Indian chocolates, sometimes producing over 600kg, 25kgs with every part of the process carried out under one roof.

Our production gives us greater control over the quality, sustainability and allows us to get creative with flavours. Single-origin bars, vegan, some inclusion bars and a chocolate tasting room all can be enjoyed at Colocal.

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India’s first Läderach store in Delhi is the Willy Wonka-esque fever dream we needed

By Samira Sood

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”

When Forrest Gump’s mother shared this gem with him, she probably wasn’t talking about a chocolate haven in a Delhi mall. But looking around, I couldn’t help but think of her—for I’m surrounded by such a wide variety of chocolates that I don’t know where to begin!

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There are boxes filled with assortments of truffles and pralines (dark, milk, white and nutty). There are massive slabs of FrischSchoggi, or fresh chocolate, in flavours such as almond, pistachio, raspberry-blackberry, pink pepper-strawberry and salted caramel, to name a few. Then there are smaller pouches with combinations of these slabs, plus snacks like chocolate-coated orange and ginger sticks; tablets of everything from an Ecuador 70% to a Trinidad 80%, white, blond and milk varieties; and even vegan chocolate cashew popcorn.

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I feel like little Charlie Bucket when he finds a Golden Ticket and enters Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory for the first time. Except I’m in Delhi’s DLF Emporio Mall, at the brand-new Läderach—the first Indian outpost of the legendary Swiss chocolaterie. And the man of the hour, Elias Läderach, is far from the mysterious, top-hatted Willy Wonka, whose backstory no one knows.

The tale goes back to 1962, when Elias’ grandfather, while assisting his own father at their family bakery, discovered that his love of chocolate far outweighed his love of bread. He wanted to open a retail store but didn’t have the money for it, so he started working out of his basement, “like the Steve Jobs of the chocolate world,” Elias laughs.

Initially, it was purely a B2B enterprise, during which time senior Läderach also patented his hollow truffles (which is how chocolatiers today can fill their truffles with different flavours). By the time his son, Elias’ father, joined the business, it wasn’t growing as they desired. There were a few large pastry shops and confectioneries, but not enough. It was always the family’s dream to run their own store, and in 2004, they got their chance by acquiring a chocolaterie chain.

“They weren’t producing any themselves, but they were retailers of other brands, like Lindt and Toblerone. Besides, they had very good locations,” Elias recalls. “We had good chocolate, they had great retail concepts, and by putting the two together, we made the switch to a proper consumer brand.”

That’s quite young for such a well-known brand, especially considering that Läderach only went global in the last five or six years. Today, they have a presence in Germany, the UK, the US, the UAE, Austria, Singapore, China and now India.

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And while India has plenty of consumers who can spend good money on premium chocolates (a Rakhi hamper at Läderach costs Rs21,500)—evident in the location of this store, a swish mall that houses some of the world’s most luxurious brands—one can’t help but wonder: in a country where the chocolate culture leaves much to be desired, where mithai rules from street corners to festive gifting, how will Läderach work?

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Both Elias and Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of the DS Group that brought the brand to India, are confident of its success. Kumar, whose family has been a Läderach fan for years, says the two parties had been in touch since before the pandemic but could take their plans forward only after things settled. While he acknowledges that India’s chocolate market is relatively small, he’s optimistic that it underlines room for growth.

“In India, the per capita consumption of chocolate is 140g, compared to 8-10kg in European markets,” he shares. Moreover, the popularity and reach of local artisanal brands such as Mason & C.o and Paul & Mike are also growing at present, but their market, of course, is different from Läderach’s. And as Kumar points out, festive gifting in India is an enormous opportunity, given that “we have so many festivals and our weddings are also big affairs with multiple functions.”

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However, the primary reason both Kumar and Elias are betting big on India is consumers’ growing awareness of and exposure to the world’s best brands in the luxury lifestyle segment. Audiences are starting to care about the freshness of their chocolate, which, as Elias points out, is not the norm. “People connect freshness with vegetables, fruits or salads, not chocolates. It’s not learned, but it’s our big secret to great quality. Fresh chocolate that’s not too old, that doesn’t have a months-long shelf life, is much better to eat and much more unique and flavourful. And that’s what sets Läderach apart,” Elias emphasises.

“There aren’t many chocolatiers who have the whole supply chain in their hands. We do everything in-house, from sourcing beans to producing the chocolate and other products, and we have all retail processes in our control. And that’s why we can be very quick and dynamic. From producing the chocolate to creating the Easter Bunny or FrischSchoggi, it takes just one to three days. Then we fly it out, or ship it to different locations.”

He’s not wrong, I agree, as I bite into a cappuccino tartufi that tastes so fresh and strong that I’m seeing Oompa Loompas. Still in my Charlie-like excitement, I have to ask: what was it like growing up in a family that runs its own chocolate business? “You know, we really grew up on top of the chocolate factory!” Elias laughs. “But as a kid, you don’t realise how special it really is. If my mother needed butter for cooking, she sent us downstairs. And we were allowed to pick three pralines when we went to fetch something for her, from the big tray where it lay after production. So we definitely had enough chocolate, but there were rules, of course!”

Later, as I nibble on a tart, fruity FrischSchoggi, I think again of Mrs Gump. You never know what you’re going to get, but at Läderach, you know it will be good.

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• 4-hour guided tour of Amul chocolate factory
• Taste the delicious Amul chocolate and spend fun time with your friends
• See all step of chocolate process and know about its interesting facts
• Plenty of photos opportunities! Click amazing pictures to cherish a memory of a lifetime

In this tour, you will explore the Amul chocolate factory. It is a perfect place for the chocolate lovers. Get a chance to see the process of delicious chocolate that you love most. Taste the delightful chocolate with your friends. Know about the history of the factory and interesting facts of chocolate from your guide.

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Begin your tour with a proper pickup facility. We offer a transfer convenience and pick you from your comfortable location. With the AC Seat in coach transfer, leave your hotel at around 09:00 AM, to feel the charm of the calm place. We also offer the proper drop-off facility up to your scheduled destination. At this tour, you will visit the Anand. You can see all the stages of chocolate production, right from the beginning of steps to packaging. Learn about the interesting facts of chocolate from your guide. Here you get an opportunity to click amazing pictures to cherish the lifetime memories. After around 4 hour tour, we get to our initial point. Have a nice time!

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From Kahwa to Guntur Chillies, 6 Indian Artisanal Chocolatiers Whose Eclectic Blends Are Insane!

This World Chocolate Day, here's a list of artisanal chocolate makers based in India whose concoctions will leave your mind boggled and your tongues salivating.

O ne thing that brings the entire diverse world towards a common consensus is chocolate.

A love story that begins from childhood and lasts forever, chocolate is rightfully known as the food of the gods. Often, the go-to de-stress ‘food’ for people from all walks of life, one can never explain or get over the obsession of chocolates.

Chocolate is love.

Over the years, people have experimented with flavours and given chocolates a gourmet avatar. More commonly known as artisanal chocolates, chocolatiers are getting unbelievably creative and experimental with their infusions.

This World Chocolate Day, we bring you a selection of artisanal chocolatiers based in India whose concoctions will leave your minds boggled and your tongues salivating.

1. Earth Loaf

Based in Mysore, Earth Loaf was started in 2010 as a craft foods project dedicated to uniting people and nature through a blending pot of nutrition and gourmet, well-crafted foods.

One of the first chocolate-makers in the world to use organically certified Indian cacao beans exclusively and one of the first bean-to-bar chocolate-makers in the country, Earth Loaf offers a range of the exquisite combinations in their variety of artisanal chocolates.

Jackfruit & black pepper, mango, red capsicum & chilli, coconut, ginger & gondhoraj, tokai coffee & pineapple — these are some of the never-before-heard flavour blends by Earth Loaf.

Apart from chocolate bars, they also blend a range of cacao-infused teas and sell organic food commodities grown in India.

Bean Therapy

Fiery teja chillies from Guntur, sticky brittle chikki from Lonavala, nutty and green tea flavours of the Kashmiri kahwa tea, watapi coffee beans grown in Karnataka and Himalayan pink salt.

Offerings of a Mumbai-based chef and chocolatier Sanjoy Solomon under the label Bean Therapy, these are artisanal bars with eclectic Indian ingredients infused with Belgian Callebaut chocolate that yell out exotica.

Think of it, Guntur chillies that are enough to fire up your entire existence, infused with chocolate?

Or the all-time favourite nutty chikki?

Who would have even thought of that?

Mason & Co.

Based in Pondicherry, a French husband-wife duo Fabien and Jane Mason, operate their chocolate label Mason & Co straight out of Auroville.

Another bean-to-bar chocolatier that directly works with organic certified farms in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, their offerings include gourmet flavours ranging from chilli & cinnamon, rosemary & sea salt, peppermint, peanut butter, roasted sesame seeds to espresso.

Apart from the miscellaneous assortment of flavours packed in a chocolate bar, they also have chocolate-infused herbal teas and organic cacao powders.

Smitten Bakery & Patisserie

Initially ventured as a baking business, Smitten Bakery & Patisserie by Mandakini Gupta, former television journalist-turned-home baker, offers an array of interesting additives like fruits, nuts, spices, coffee and even seeds amidst her handmade chocolate bars.

With Belgian Callebaut and the French Cacao Barry, the chocolates have unusual flavour pairings like pistachio and raspberries, almond, currant and sea salt, hazelnut, fig and orange, pumpkin seed and candied chilli, peanut caramel crunch and roasted coffee bean.

Much of the components in Mandakini’s chocolates are locally produced.

While the citrus component in the hazelnut, fig and orange chocolates head straight from her parents’ farm, the roasted coffee-infused ones use beans from Blue Tokai.

A common passion in chocolate is what led Kuhu Kochar and Tejasvi Chandela to start All Things in 2015.

Each of their artisanal creation is a personification of their philosophy — celebration of the simple joys of life, be it travel, childhood memories, favourite season or even music.

Insisting upon personally handpicked ingredients that are fused into exotic combinations, each bar has its own story to tell.

Like the self-explanatory Summer bar with Belgian white chocolate and a centre of Alphonso mango compote or the Jaipur bar that is appropriately wrapped in pink paper and has a rich combination of whiskey and dark chocolate.

Chockriti, an amalgamation of words Choc (short for Chocolate) and Kriti, Sanskrit for ‘ work of art’, was found in 2013 by Pragati Sawhney and crafts gourmet chocolates.

Not taming inspiration to be homebound, Chockriti’s artisanal creations have flavours from far-flung countries like France, England, Japan, and Arabia.

The eclectic flavours range from earl grey, kaffir lime, jasmine green tea, masala chai, salted caramel, mango chat, saffron pista, lemongrass, and even pumpkin cranberry spice.

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Industry visit – A blissful trip to Chocolate Factory

“Chocolate is not just a word, it’s an EMOTION!”

Well there would hardly be anyone in the world who doesn’t love chocolate. The plant visit to Bliss Chocolate Factory in Bangalore marked another industrial tour of the MBA 2016-18 batch of ISBR on 26 April 2017. It started with the screening of a virtual tour of a standard Bliss’s production plant and an overview of the product line.

To talk of Bliss Chocolates Pvt. Ltd, it is a self funded private limited company with its production and retail operations in Bangalore.  Its two divisions – Retail and Corporate have managed to stir the chocolate cravings of the consumers. Bliss was created with an attempt to break out of the norms and monotony of the Indian chocolate market and re- energize the sweet tooth of the customers. Bliss chocolate concept arrived from the group of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) from Australia. They felt there was no chocolate lounge concept in India. Passion for chocolates led them to open an outlet in India. There were many reasons to choose Bangalore, like existence of corporate companies, lower set up cost and network in Bangalore was familiar compared to other cities for the NRIs. In the retail segment, Bliss Chocolate and Dessert Lounge are designed as premium category to offer a variety of hand crafted chocolate, chocolate beverages, cakes, desserts and chocolate meals.

The students were excited to experience how an industry dealing chocolates work at ground level. Mr. Priyanshu, Production Head of Bliss chocolate factory took charge of the entire visit of the students. He gave students a virtual tour of the entire plant which revealed about their range of various products except chocolates. Bliss deals in chocolates, breads, muffins, cakes, etc. The virtual tour was followed by an actual tour of the production plant starting with breads. The representatives were kind enough to personally take the students through the production process step by step. The students gained insights on how testing of raw materials takes place before entering the production process. It was followed by an explanation of the working and importance of individual units of the automated system. It included the mixing of raw materials to form a mixture that is then further molded into the requisite shape and size. Once the molding is done, it is baked and undergoes a cooling treatment to catalyze the process. Finally, the students were lead through the packaging unit of the plant where all the items were being packed in a variety of packages. Then the students were taken through the production processes of the cakes, muffins and everything was explained to them starting from the raw materials procurement till the final packaging. For all their production, it was pretty much the same process that they carried out irrespective of the exact type probably because they deal with the same product line. After this, the students were taken through the process of their chocolate production where they were guide by Ms. Vidhi Sahgal who happens to be their trainee and she explained to the students about the unknown sides of ‘being chocolate’ and briefed about the various types of chocolates. The basic and probably the most important takeaway of the entire tour was to understand that ‘ all that glitters is not gold ’ and thus ‘ all that looks like chocolate ain’t chocolate ’.

At the end of the tour the students took a group photo with the employees of Bliss Chocolates. With a heart filled with happiness and the pockets filled with chocolates, students left the factory with a different experience altogether which will remain with them for a long time.

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Fulfill a childhood dream and visit the Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Company factory, candy kitchen and world headquarters! The Abel Family opened their new factory in 2012 and offer FREE factory tours 5-days-a-week! We will take you down onto the factory floor where you can see, hear, smell and taste chocolates right in front of your eyes! We will show you our candy kitchen and chocolate enrobers - you can watch our candy makers hand make chocolates. Our chocolate factory is becoming a popular St. Louis destination with over 50,000 visitors each year!  We look forward to seeing you on a tour soon.  

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Dark chocolate artistry starts with the bean. Pascati is among only a handful of chocolate makers that controls every step of this art of chocolate making.

Batch after batch of the finest cacao beans sourced from select plantations in Kerala make the unhurried journey from bean to bar  or bon bon. We roast, crack, winnow, conch and temper in a carefully controlled environment to achieve flavours of complexity and finesse that make Pascati indulgence worthy.

In our endeavour to use the finest quality ingredients and commitment to sustainable sourcing, we became India's first Certified Organic & Fairtrade chocolate maker.

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Inclusion & single origin bars, festive gift hampers, cacao powder, bulk cacao products, book a tour of our factory.

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..beans sourced directly in their country and inclusions made with fresh and exotic ingredients..

If you were waiting for better chocolate made in India, you got served. The bean-to-bar mania in this South Asian country is exploding and is creating fierce competitors that aren't afraid to show what they've got. With beans sourced directly in their country and inclusions made with fresh and exotic ingredients, Indian chocolate is set to be a big player in the fine chocolate industry in 2019. One of those raising brands will definitely be @pascatichocolat. Showcasing for the first time at the @nwchocolate in Seattle in November 2019, positive feedback about this chocolate was floating all around the room.

While this chocolate is vegan, it is also organic.

Our favourite chocolate to have in Mumbai is @pascatichocolat . While this chocolate is vegan, it is also organic — which, for us is a huge plus. The rose and almond is a super special blend and our personal favourite, but to be honest they’re all delicious.

From sourcing to tempering, there is A LOT going on behind his bars!

Craft chocolate isn't the easiest subject to explain. Our exhibitors have their fair share of teaching to do to make sure our attendees understand the work behind every chocolate bar (and the consequent price tags). This is why we are in love with this shot that captures @pascatichocolat's founder Devansh Ashar explaining his bean-to-bar operations in India. From sourcing to tempering, there is A LOT going on behind his bars!

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I’m enjoying this 60% inclusion raspberry & hibiscus dark chocolate from @pascatichocolat ( India ). This bar has sweet floral and fruity aroma, brittle snap. The fruity raspberry , crunchy and tart hibiscus in the delicate sweetness of 60% cacao are fascinating combination.  

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I moved to Thailand, started a family, and can't picture ever returning home to Scotland

• It's been 14 years since Duncan Forgan left Scotland and he's unsure whether he'll ever return home.
• He says that bad air quality and traffic congestion can make Bangkok a difficult city to live in.
• But shares four reasons he's continued living in Southeast Asia after all these years.

A friend recently said that living in Southeast Asia was akin to winning one of Willy Wonka's golden tickets. And it's impossible to dismiss a long list of advantages that include the cuisine, cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, low cost of living, and generally friendly, laid-back hosts.

There are trade-offs, including terrible air quality, horrendous traffic congestion, and temperatures that veer toward the inhumane. But on the plus side, I get sun-kissed winters, palm-fringed beaches, and a less stringently regulated existence.

Like anywhere, life in Bangkok has its difficulties. The city is enervating, largely incomprehensible, and as batty as Mr Wonka. Yet, overall, I do feel like I was handed the keys to the proverbial chocolate factory.

With its gilded temples, sci-fi-worthy skyline, and heady mélange of sights, sounds, and smells, Bangkok could barely be more vivid. This intensity helped me fall for Thailand's lovably deranged capital when I first traveled here 14 years ago.

Here are four other things that have kept me in Southeast Asia's occasionally grubby grasp.

1. Food is one of the city's chief keepers.

From pavement vendors serving up banquets for just a few dollars to bustling markets packed with produce and vibrant with color, the city has a knack for whetting appetites, including my own.

Bangkok is often cited as the planet's street food capital . For high-quality street food in a safe, clean environment, it's hard to beat Or Tor Kor Market. It's a great place to sample a wide range of tasty creations, from som tam (spicy green papaya salad) and kao ka moo (braised pork served with rice) to mango sticky rice. Another choice destination is Yaowarat Road in Chinatown where delicious noodle dishes and roast meats such as pork, duck, and goose are the order of the day.

The diversity of options still floors me. On a recent Sunday, I started my day with a bowl of Chinese-Thai jok (rice porridge) from Jok Prince, where charcoal fire imparts added smokiness. I then had lunch at South Indian stalwart Tamil Nadu and finished the day off with a dinner at Ojo, the sky-high signature Mexican restaurant at the crown of the MahaNakhon Tower, Thailand's tallest building.

2. It's easier to tune out of the news cycle

This one is such an exile privilege that it comes with caveats.

Many Thai friends despair about the country's broken politics and surface-level media which favors soap opera-style stories over critical analysis.

But personally, I find it liberating to detach from the yoke of everyday consumption of Western news outlets through choice or osmosis.

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The pandemic was a giant story in Thailand, as it was everywhere. Yet Western media obsessions — US presidential elections and divisive identity politics, to name but two — are not given the same relentless prominence here.

Social media makes it difficult to ignore the vicissitudes of the global news agenda. However, I appreciate the added scope to tune out the noise.

3. The amazing destinations on my doorstep

I've experienced some transcendent moments across the Asia-Pacific region.

My travel writing gigs have encompassed dancing to obscure soul music in a sweaty underground club with Kansai's mod contingent, piloting a vintage Royal Enfield to hunt down the best bowl of khao soi in Chiang Mai , and hacking my way along the Nullarbor Links from South to Western Australia.

Recently, I visited Phong Nha in north-central Vietnam for the first time and spent three days exploring the karst scenery. A motorbike loop from the Phong Nha Farmstay was a worthy introduction to the area. But the grand finale — a one-day trek involving waterfall jumps and a swim into the extremities of a river cave — was unforgettable.

The cliché about there always being something new to discover is well-worn. And, in the case of Asia, it's true.

4. Life at home gets harder to visualize

I'd be lying if I said I never feel the call of home.

When I left London for Asia at the end of 2010, I felt pretty done with the UK due to a combination of factors, ranging from relationship woes to despair about my spluttering career.

For a while, I was happy enough to redeem the return portion of my airfare whenever I made my yearly trip home.

The arrival of my son, Alexander, along with a nearly three-year pandemic-imposed gap between trips, and a long-term Bangkok resident's gratitude for clean air and quiet have helped soften my perspective. These days, the annual pilgrimage to Scotland is something to anticipate rather than to tick off.

For all my renewed appreciation of my homeland, relocating there still feels like a stretch. I've not lived in Scotland since 2007, and the axis of my life — wife and son, friends, work networks, clients — is almost entirely Asia-orientated. Also, years of encountering diverse cultures, ways of life, and perspectives in Asia have altered me to the point where I'm not confident of readjusting to home .

We are heading back to Scotland this July, and I can't wait to catch up with friends and family and show my son Alex the Highlands for the first time. But post-trip, I'll resist the temptation to place rose-tinted spectacles on overly misty eyes.

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